this monster has a price tag of £4,500. it just puzzles me but for the price can you get one from japan for the same price and if so would they be better made or would they be on a par not right clued up on the top end stuff.

Yea, we all want a tamahagane katana lol, you can certainly get them cheaper than 4.5k. I've not heard of skyjiro before, I'd imagine mick or moon could tell you a bit more about them, but you could probably get a decent nihonto for around £4,500.

Geordie Ross wrote:Yea, we all want a tamahagane katana lol, you can certainly get them cheaper than 4.5k. I've not heard of skyjiro before, I'd imagine mick or moon could tell you a bit more about them, but you could probably get a decent nihonto for around £4,500.

The only really good reviews posted on SBG and SFI forums seem to have come from the company itself posing as satisfied customers, personally, I would never pay £4.5k for a katana made in China because it'll probably lose 30% of what was paid as soon as you take delivery of it regardless of how good it may be, whereas a documented Japanese blade gives provenence to exactly what you're getting and it can only appreciate in value.

Keith Larman on the old Bugei forum wrote: In the world of swords you often get less than what you paid for, hopefully you get exactly what you paid for, seldom do you get more.

Gentlemen
not to flog a dead horse, but you could get a Nihonto for that money, if you want to "use" the sword buy Japanese newly forged(wait time a year or two)
this Katana was about $5K it's 1668 papered as Nobuyuki, and was fully furnished.
da Gooseman

What kind of insurance value (in case of theft / fire etc) have you put on those Goose? (If any)

Just curious as ive just had to insure my collection for £15k (My Insurance Company made me declare them or they would not pay out for "Collections" over 5k - retarded!) So i now have to pay a few extra quid a month on my contents insurance!